---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 25.854"
title: "14"
number: "25.854"
heading: "Lavatory fire protection."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/25.854"
---

# §25.854. Lavatory fire protection.


For airplanes with a passenger capacity of 20 or more:

- (a) Each lavatory must be equipped with a smoke detector system or equivalent that provides a warning light in the cockpit, or provides a warning light or audible warning in the passenger cabin that would be readily detected by a flight attendant; and
- (b) Each lavatory must be equipped with a built-in fire extinguisher for each disposal receptacle for towels, paper, or waste, located within the lavatory. The extinguisher must be designed to discharge automatically into each disposal receptacle upon occurrence of a fire in that receptacle.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Amdt. 25-74, 56 FR 15456, Apr. 16, 1991]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40113, 44701, 44702 and 44704; Pub. L. 115-254, 132 Stat 3281 (49 U.S.C. 44903 note).

### Source

Source: Docket No. 5066, 29 FR 18291, Dec. 24, 1964, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Amdt. 25-74, 56 FR 15456, Apr. 16, 1991]